Chapter 136

"That's right, cultivation novels... ahem, I mean classics, cultivation classics record that the Sea of Consciousness in the forehead is the core of a cultivator's divine sense power."

"It is rumored that all secret methods of possession and rebirth are carried out in the Sea of Consciousness."

"Damage to the Sea of Consciousness will also cause the cultivator's death."

"Therefore, techniques for powerful divine sense have always been rare in the cultivation world, and every time they appear, they set off a bloody storm."

"Practicing special divine sense techniques will condense all kinds of divine wonders on the forehead."

"It is both a means of attack and a means of defense for the Sea of Consciousness."

Keqing and the others suddenly understood and didn't think much more about it.

But Alice added:

"Of course, as written in so many novels, those with special patterns on their foreheads are generally peerless prodigies."

Jiang Yan looked at Alice with a bitter smile.

He had finally corrected her thinking, and now she had twisted it again.

Seeing Keqing and the others' eyes become hot again, Jiang Yan nodded helplessly.

"Alice's statement is not entirely accurate, but for most people with excellent physiques, the forehead does indeed have special patterns."

"This is the innate physique protecting its own Sea of Consciousness."

Everyone silently looked at the mysterious purple-gold rune on Jiang Yan's forehead.

After a long while, Ganyu muttered:

"Sect Master, you seem to have never said what special physique you have."

Jiang Yan was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise:

"You really want to know?"

Everyone nodded in unison.

Everyone's curiosity about Jiang Yan's physique was planted in their bones.

To become a Spirit Refinement and Void Return cultivator at this age, and also be the Sect Master's last disciple.

How could they not be curious?

"Alright."

Jiang Yan smiled helplessly.

"It's not like it's something I can't say; I have an Innate Dao Body."

Alice's eyes widened instantly, looking at Jiang Yan in disbelief.

"There really is an Innate Dao Body!!"

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An Innate Dao Body—this thing sounds simple, but you know it's not simple.

But everyone didn't know much about it.

Only Alice had read many novel records and knew clearly what this was.

If everything described in novels about cultivation were true, it would be too narrow.

An Innate Dao Body could only be stronger than she imagined.

"So, what exactly is an Innate Dao Body?"

Zhongli frowned slightly and asked subconsciously.

Anything related to the Dao in cultivation doesn't seem to be a simple thing.

Before Jiang Yan could explain, Alice spoke first:

"The so-called Innate Dao Body is a physique extremely suitable for cultivation."

"Crowned with the name of Dao, it symbolizes that this physique is the closest existence to the Dao."

"It is the darling of the Dao."

"To describe it specifically, I don't know how to say it. In short, the description in novels is that the Innate Dao Body is not a special physique."

"This is a life essence; other people's physiques are just talent, while the Innate Dao Body is a life level, essentially approaching the existence of the Dao."

"This is a physique that only exists in legends."

Hearing this, Venti couldn't help but ask:

"Since it's a physique that only exists in legends, how do you know about it?"

"The protagonists in novels are all Innate Dao Bodies!"

Alice replied frankly.

Everyone fell silent.

Sure enough, it's better to question the authenticity of what Alice says.

"Sect Master, is it really as Elder Alice said?"

Ganyu looked at Jiang Yan with some joy; the higher Jiang Yan's talent, the happier she was.

Jiang Yan smiled and said vaguely:

"More or less. The Innate Dao Body does only exist in legends, but it hasn't never appeared."

"It's just that people who possess this physique have all become mythical legends of the heavens and worlds."

"For example, the Five Emperors, the Four Sovereigns, and other masters of the Heavenly Court."

Everyone looked at Jiang Yan in a trance.

They thought their talent was good, and some had special physiques.

The distance between them and Jiang Yan shouldn't be outrageously large.

Unexpectedly...

It's not on the same level at all.

For a time, everyone felt a bit decadent.

"Wake up."

Jiang Yan scolded softly, and everyone felt like a bell had exploded in their hearts, all shivering and coming back to their senses.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan said seriously:

"There is no need to be sad because of talent problems. Fate is determined by heaven, but success depends on human effort; this is the firm belief of all cultivators."

"Powerful talent does have advantages that ordinary people find hard to catch up with, but talent doesn't represent everything."

"On the road of cultivation, talent, comprehension, perseverance, and opportunity are all indispensable."

"I have also seen geniuses who died young and geniuses who became ordinary among the crowd."

"Only with a firm will can one continue to climb on the immortal road and achieve a higher future."

"If you feel that you can never catch up just because your talent is inferior to others, then why cultivate?"

This was the first time in everyone's impression that Jiang Yan was a bit angry.

But listening to Jiang Yan's words, for a time, everyone felt ashamed.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan's voice softened slightly.

"In the past, I heard of a peerless genius who had one of the Divine Bodies, the Ten Thousand Sects Profound Yellow Body."

"He was ranked nineteenth on the cultivation world's prodigy list and was also a genius who crowned the world."

"But so what?"

Jiang Yan asked rhetorically and said leisurely:

"Aren't those geniuses in the eyes of mortals just mediocre people in the eyes of others?"

"The martial arts geniuses in the eyes of mortals are ultimately ants that cannot be brought to the table in the eyes of cultivators."

"And those cultivators, in the eyes of prodigies, aren't they also ants that cannot be brought to the table?"

"The prodigies who are unparalleled in the lower realm, after ascending, are how insignificant when placed in the immortal world facing all the prodigies of the great worlds?"

"Mountains are always higher than mountains."

"Seas are always deeper than seas."

"Looking only at talent, one can never judge who is the true number one in the world."

"We look at ants like observing palm prints, clear at a glance, high above."

"Do the existences even higher up observe us like we observe ants?"

"Talent is just the foundation for you to become stronger; how far you can go depends on your will and opportunity."

After a pause, seeing that everyone seemed to have listened, Jiang Yan finally said: